Sometimes we need a reminder that textiles are still woven into the fabric of the Carolinas.
The American Textile Co., which is based outside of Pittsburgh, realized it when the company wanted to grow its bed-fashion product development and marketing segments.
Some of the best folks in those two fields hail from the Carolinas and specifically the Charlotte area, says Blake Ruttenberg, American Textile executive vice president of sales and marketing.
The new hires really didn’t want to leave the Carolinas so American Textile decided to open an office in Davidson. On Aug. 27, opened a four-person office in the Harbor Place development in Davidson.
“We said rather than trying to convince them to move to Pittsburgh, let’s just join them,” Ruttenberg says.
For example, Mette Odom, American Textile’s new vice president of marketing, is the former vice president of marketing at Springs Global US Inc. Others came to the company from the former Pillowtex Corp. and Sara Lee Corp.
The result of the new hires was most of the company’s product development and marketing leadership will be based in Davidson. Ruttenberg expects to add a fifth person to the Davidson office by the end of the year and perhaps more in the future, he says.
But don’t expect the company to move its 200-employee headquarters in Duquesne, Pa., Ruttenberg says.
American Textile is a big supplier of bed pillows, mattress and pillow protectors and pads. It has 400 employees.
Source: Charlotte Business Journal
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